Lexical Agraphia in Alzheimer's Disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 65-68

  Rapcsak, Steven Z ^a   Arthur, Susan A ^a   Bliklen, David A ^a   Rubens, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; BOOK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TESTS; READING;

EID: 0024592340     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520370067021     Document Type: Article

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